Senior Cloud Engineer F/H

OUTSCALE; New Jersey; On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

OUTSCALE is seeking a seasoned Cloud Engineer to design, deploy, and operate the IaaS layer for the OUTSCALE cloud in Houston, TX or Secaucus, NJ. You will drive automation, expand services to new regions, and ensure a secure, high-performing platform in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

You will implement IaC with Terraform, Ansible, SaltStack, Packer, Jenkins and related tools, manage monitoring and incident response, and contribute to capacity planning and roadmap development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science or related field.
• 8–10 years in infrastructure/cloud engineering or equivalent.
• Strong virtualization and system administration skills.
• Proficiency with AWS-based infrastructure services.
• Scripting/automation with Bash and Python 3.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, operate, and maintain the OUTSCALE cloud platform focusing on scalability, performance, reliability and security.
• Build and maintain IaC and automation pipelines (Terraform, Ansible, SaltStack, Packer, Jenkins).
• Automate deployments and regional expansions through repeatable release processes.
• Improve platform performance, resilience, and cost efficiency while evolving the system.
• Define and track SLIs, SLOs, SLAs and other metrics.
• Lead incident investigations and participate in on‑call rotation.
• Create/runbooks and documentation; share knowledge across teams.

Skills

AWS knowledge

Bash scripting

Python scripting

Automation with SaltStack/Ansible

Security clearance eligible

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science

Tools

SaltStack

Ansible

Terraform

Packer

Jenkins

Kubernetes

Job description

Are you ready to invent the future of cloud infrastructure? Join us to shape a new era in cloud computing and build a career that matches your ambition. We are looking for Cloud Engineers to design, deploy, and operate the infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) layer of the Outscale cloud in Houston, TX or in Secaucus, NJ.

You will work at the intersection of our Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and the underlying physical infrastructure, driving automation, expanding services to new regions, and ensuring the platform is secure, resilient, high performing, and compliant. You will partner with infrastructure development, automation, and operations teams to implement cloud best practices and deliver production ready, compliant cloud solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Deploy, operate, and maintain the OUTSCALE cloud platform, with a focus on scalability, performance, reliability, and security.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation pipelines using Terraform, Ansible, SaltStack, Packer, Jenkins, and related tools.
• Automate and standardize deployments, upgrades, and regional expansions through repeatable and auditable release processes.
• Improve platform performance, resilience, scalability, and cost efficiency while contributing to its technical evolution.
• Define and track SLIs, SLOs, SLAs, and other key operational metrics.
• Build and maintain monitoring and observability solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix, and the ELK Stack.
• Identify and address performance issues, security risks, and single points of failure.
• Lead incident investigations, conduct root‑cause analyses, and participate in the on‑call rotation.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures, and lead internal knowledge‑sharing sessions.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, product, support, vendor, and partner teams.
• Support capacity planning and infrastructure roadmap development.
• Ensure compliance with internal security policies and applicable regulatory requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• 8–10 years of experience in infrastructure/cloud engineering
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or a related discipline.
• Strong infrastructure virtualization and system administration skills
• Good working knowledge of AWS based infrastructure services
• Proficiency in scripting and automation using Bash and Python 3.
• Expertise in infrastructure automation with SaltStack or Ansible; SaltStack experience is preferred.
• US Citizenship required; eligibility for security clearance is a must for this role.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep understanding of networking fundamentals and physical and virtual compute, storage, and infrastructure technologies.
• Experience with data protection, backup, disaster recovery, and compliance frameworks.
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes architecture and operations.
• Experience administering HAProxy, NGINX, Redis, and database technologies.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools, including Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix, and the ELK Stack.
• Experience with virtualization technologies such as QEMU, KVM, and VMware ESXi.
• Hands‑on experience with IaC and automation tools, including Terraform, Packer, and Jenkins.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem‑solving skills, with an automation‑first mindset.

Inclusion statement

In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at 3DS are based on merit, qualifications and abilities. 3DS is committed to a policy of non‑discrimination and equal opportunity for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or medical or common conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, national origin, ancestry, age (40 and above), disability, veteran status, military service, application for military service, genetic information, receipt of free medical care, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. 3DS will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable state laws and local ordinances. We are committed to fair employment practices and will evaluate all candidates based on their qualifications, regardless of past arrest or conviction history.

Compensation & Benefits

Dassault Systèmes offers an excellent salary with potential for bonus, commensurate with experience.

• Benefits include a choice of plans providing comprehensive coverage for medical, dental, vision care for employee & dependents as well as employee life, short & long term disability, tuition reimbursement, immediate 401K enrollment, 401K match (50 cents on the dollar, up to the first 8% of your eligible compensation that you contribute based on match eligibility criteria), flexible time off policy, and 10 paid holidays.

Salary Pay Transparency

Compensation for the role will be commensurate with experience. The total expected compensation range will be between $149999 and $170001, representing the base salary (or annualized salary based on estimated hourly compensation) and target bonus.